What true hunring and thirfting of the Pule ss, V79. had grace before to dire& him, but he would have morep that my wayes were direUed to keep thy fiatutes: David that was a King, and had great contentment in the world, and yet the thing that makes him with fuck a figh fend up his defires to Heaven : It was for the want of grace in his lieart,and therefore he cryés out, O that my wayes were direeled to keep thy lia- tutes, as if he flhould lay, Lord, thou that knowefl all things knoweft there is nothing in the world that would be a greater contentment to my foule, then if I could finde my heart direc, ted to keepe thy fiatutes, and then in the io. ver: with my whole heart have I fought thee, faith David ; Why what's the matter ? O let me not wander from thy Commandements : As if he lhould fay, Lord, I account this to be the greatefi evill that can befall me in this world, for me to wander from thy Com- mandements, if thou leaveft me to my lelfe, I Jhall wander from thy Commandemens : But Lord let me feele the worke of thy grace powerfully in my heart, that I may,not wandet from thy Commandemens, and in the zo, ver: My foule breaJ eth,for what ? for the longing that it háth unte thy judgements at all times : there was a breaking ofDavids foule, there was never any man that defired any thing in this world with more earnefi- neffe ; what expreflions can bé more then thefe ? and in the 131.verj I opened my mouth and panted, for, I longed for thy Commandements. Nowput all thefe together, O that my wayes were direst ed to keepe thy ftatutes : -- with my whole heart have Ifought thee ; O let me 'not wander from thy Commandements : My foule brew eth for the longing it bath unto thy judgements, at ill tames : And my foule panteth again. Thefe are the ear- defires of a gracious heart after ri hteoulnefre. Seventhly, Thefe defires are veryinduflrioiis defires, they are not idle defires, as the defires of moll peo: e in the wórld after grace are, meere idle, the Lord give me' grace, and when God gives me grace I "hall better, and fo go no fur- ther, then I pray God give me grace; but T anpeale to thee, what labouring, what firiving.is in thy fpirit, what pains taking, what working of thy foule after grace, and therefore abferve tint Scripture in the 63 Pfal: the 1. and the 8. v: compared: My
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